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| Clearaudio " Innovation" - What? I'm now wondering if this is a troll thread with an anti-Clearaudio agenda. Why single them out for having a model called "Innovation" when you consider how many hyperbolic product names there are in the high end? | |
| Clearaudio " Innovation" - What? In addition to the items wrm57 mentions, I think plinth construction on the higher-end models may represent innovations also. | |
| Speaker Cables for Harbeth P7ES-3 -where to start? Wait until you choose your amp (at least...maybe when the rest of the system comes together as well) as it's the pairing of the amp and speakers that you want to focus on. The Audio Note cables should be perfectly fine for the present. I've owned ... | |
| great 70s country lps...audophile grade Waylon Jennings' 'Dreaming My Dreams' is a really terrific record. Not sure about the SQ, but there are a bunch of killer songs on it. The opener, "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" is a favorite -- great lyrics. | |
| Great Organists in Rock Does Steve Nieve qualify? Alan Price for sure, as mentioned above. | |
| Can Vandy's get along with cats? As I think I mentioned in another thread, one of our cats likes to chew on cables. A far costlier problem than speaker grills, but to be safe I have never installed the grills on my Dunlavys. In addition to wrapping the cables with various materia... | |
| Power Cord for Power Conditioner A few years ago, I participated in a DBT of power cords with a bunch of folks. I failed miserably and I think everyone else did also. Did that stop us from buying expensive power cords? Of course not! We shook it off. Audiophilia is about faith an... | |
| Can the copy sound better than the original? Seems to me these would all be reasons why music servers should outperform CD players, since the ripping process delivers this performance increase. Better yet: download the music file. Right?And then there is the issue of black CD-Rs, CD treatmen... | |
| Best CD I've heard so far 2011......... That new Kate Bush is available on HDTracks at 24/96. I'm downloading now. | |
| Sometimes my system sounds great, sometimes awful Completely agree with you, Vmm. Have you noticed if other systems, such as your car, also sound good or bad when your main system does? | |
| Biggest impact on you? EPI 150a 1975 Sony receiver, the component that really got me on the audiophile bus, believe it or notQuad ESL 57Linn LP-12ARC Classic 30 | |
| Allen Toussaint album: The Bright Mississippi The album definitely has the mark of producer Joe Henry, if you are familiar with Henry's stuff. Saw Toussaint do a 90-minute solo performance to open the Stanford Jazz Workshop in June. Wonderful, really wonderful. | |
| A sensible CD transport? If you are moving to a server-based system with the Mac Mini, you might not want to spend much (or any) on a traditional CD transport. Use the Mini (if it's a 2011, then get an external drive for it) and play back through that, using one of the in... | |
| Jeff Rowland Design Group's Stereo 625 10K ohm input impedance -- I guess tube preamps and passives need not apply. | |
| Best Rock Album in 2011 >when your wife keeps telling me to turn it down.You messing with my wife again? Why I oughtta.... |